Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 777

Whether the industrial capacity of the North can support the construction of two floating city modules at the same time is a question that does not need an answer.

When Perfectoct originally planned to build only one floating city module, it needed to first increase the industrial capacity of the North. It is conceivable that when the things that need to be built doubled all of a sudden, how much pressure this will bring to the industrial capacity of the North.

Of course, after Perfectoct launched an automated production model, the several automated industrial and mining industries she has developed can already provide the minimum industrial production capacity requirements for the construction of a floating city module.

This is why when Sandrion brought his men here, they were able to see the construction site of the floating city that had already taken shape, rather than a blank expanse of land with nothing on it.

But even so, according to the calculations of Perfecto and Sandrion, in order to meet the construction needs of the two floating city modules, it is still necessary to expand the existing industrial and mining capacity by at least twice to barely meet the construction needs.

"The main reason is that the gap in steel and coal is too big. We need to increase the annual output of steel by at least 100,000 tons." Sandryong looked at the results calculated by the two and said with regret.

Obviously, she felt that such a gap was too difficult to fill.

This is a very astonishing number. You should know that before the outbreak of the Industrial Revolution, the steel production of the entire Victoria Empire was only 1.7 tons.

It was not until steam engines became popular and the empire entered the steam age and began the first industrial revolution that steel production saw a leap-forward growth.

But even so, 100,000 tons of steel is a very astonishing number.

The total steel production in the North is only about 23 tons, and this is the result of Perfecto's order to expand the steel industry.

We need to continue to expand on this basis and reach an annual output of at least 35 tons of steel to meet Perfectoc's needs for building two floating city modules.

Such a huge gap cannot be filled easily.

Apart from anything else, 100,000 tons of steel requires at least 200,000 tons of iron ore and 60,000 tons of coal to smelt. This is based on the fact that Perfectoct has adopted a brand-new smelting technology that can smelt iron ore more efficiently and save coal.

"The North has sufficient reserves of iron ore and coal, but we need to build at least two iron mines with an annual output of 100,000 tons of iron ore and one coal mine with an annual output of 100,000 tons of raw coal, and then we need a steel plant with an annual processing capacity of 100,000 tons." Perfect didn't feel so regretful. After a little thought, she took out a map, which detailed the distribution of various mineral resources in the North.

When Sandrillon saw Perfectok take this out, he came over curiously, looked at the various resource points and proven reserves marked on the map, and asked Perfectok: "Why? Are you planning to open a new mine?"

This is not impossible. After all, if the demand cannot be met, then it cannot be satisfied. Opening a few new mines to increase production is also a solution.

But there is another problem with doing this, that is time. "It will take at least a year to open a new iron mine and increase its annual output to 100,000 tons, not to mention that you also need to build a steel plant that can also produce 100,000 tons of steel per year. The construction of supporting facilities alone will take at least a year!" Sandriyong is not an outsider who knows nothing. She simply listed the time required to complete this round of expansion and was not optimistic about it at all.

However, Perfect simply shook his head and said, "Why should we limit ourselves to one iron mine or steel mill that produces 100,000 tons per year? What if we lower the standard a little and have ten iron mines and ten steel mills that produce 10,000 tons per year?"

"This is much simpler. Your requirements can be met in about three months." Sandrion calculated again and came to a slightly optimistic conclusion.

But there is a problem with doing this: "But if you do this, the construction of supporting facilities will need to increase exponentially, especially the construction of railways.

And you can't ignore the question of where the workers come from? You're not really going to use all your puppets as workers, are you? "

"No, of course we won't use only puppets. That would be too inefficient, and the maintenance and wear and tear of the puppets would be too great. I plan to use large robots." Perfect took out another drawing, which showed a newly designed large-scale mining robot.

It looks like a giant spider, with huge metal forelimbs for digging ore, a huge abdomen for carrying ore, and eight mechanical legs for moving.

It looks like some kind of grotesque steel monster, but in the eyes of alchemists like Sandrillon and Perfecto, it is full of the beauty of industrial design.

"These robots look good, but they need a lot of coal to drive them, right? Manufacturing them also requires a lot of steel, especially since you also designed a matching mobile steelmaking furnace." Sandrion looked at the matching design that Perfectcot brought out and couldn't help smacking his lips.

It’s not that she was deliberately finding fault, but the things that Perfectcot took out really needed to meet the conditions she mentioned in order to achieve the desired effect.

Perfect naturally understood why Sandrion said this. She nodded and pointed to several places on the resource distribution map and said, "These places not only have rich iron ore resources underground, but also have large coal mines nearby.

Just set up mobile blast furnaces at a few key locations, and use mining robots to mine ore, and they will be able to continuously provide the necessary resources for the construction of the floating city. I can even directly process crude steel into parts." Perfect marked a few key nodes on the map, and then drew a few more lines, which eventually converged on Chernoborg.

Then, under Sandriyon's expected gaze, Perfecto connected Chernobog with their current location.

"Have you already planned all this?" Sandrion looked at Perfecto with a complex feeling of expectation yet admiration.

"Not really. I just have the habit of planning everything before putting it into practice." Perfect spread his hands and said nonchalantly, "After all, I have already started working. It's impossible that I don't have any preparations, right?"

"That's your style. So what should I do? Go back to Chernoborg to supervise the production of another module? Or stay here and keep an eye on this one?" Sandrion felt that he could only choose one of the two construction sites.

(End of this chapter)